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<p><em>In reply to <a href="http://csn.cancer.org/comment/503825#comment-503825">RE: New to Melanoma</a></em></p>
<div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Hi "inkognita",</p>
<p>First, thank you for your reply. It really helps to read other stories and to learn from them, and more important, that there are people like yourself in this world. I am sorry to hear that "IT" returned and you still have to cope with it.</p>
<p>You might be glad to hear that I finaly got the results from my biopsy: IT IS NOT A MELANOMA, thank god, but a Dysplastic Nevus (pre-cancerus stage). I was mistakenly diagnosed with melanoma. This is not to say I am clean, I am still at a high risk and in fact, It might started at a different location... Need to be checked once a month. </p>
<p>Even if the doc will find me "clean", I will still visit you in this place, to inquire for your health and will keep you posted...</p>
<p>May god be with ALL OF US, because life is beatiful.</p>
<p>ItsMagic</p>
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</ul>Sat, 02 Nov 2002 19:05:06 +0000itsmagiccomment 503826 at http://csn.cancer.orgRE: New to Melanomahttp://csn.cancer.org/comment/503825#comment-503825
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<p><em>In reply to <a href="http://csn.cancer.org/node/138759">New to Melanoma</a></em></p>
<div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I'm sorry you have to go through all this. I was diagnosed initially 4 years ago with a small melanoma on the side of my knee. A wide excision was done with clean margins, indicating that it had been completely excised and there was very little chance of recurrence. About 9 months later, one of my lymph nodes became enlarged. I underwent sentinel node biopsy and it was malignant melanoma. Within days, I underwent a radical lymph node dissection with findings of one more positive lymph node out of 8 removed. I still ask the same question as you....what are my chances for survival. I was not painted a very pretty picture, but I also had complications and was unable to take the Interferon therapy due to impending liver failure, not a typical reaction. I know it isn't easy, but try and maintain a positive attitude. There are days I can do that, but there are times it is so difficult. Talk to your family and friends or even a counselor...or if you aren't comfortable doing that, talk to me. If I can help you in any way, I will. Please keep me informed on the results of your sentinel node biopsy. God be with you.</p>
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</ul>Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:25:29 +0000inkognitacomment 503825 at http://csn.cancer.org